兇險

Chinese

		fierce	danger(ous); rugged
trad. (兇險/凶險)		兇/凶	險
simp. (凶险)		凶	险

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): xiōngxiǎn

(Zhuyin): ㄒㄩㄥㄒㄧㄢˇ
Cantonese (Jyutping): hung¹ him²
Southern Min
(Hokkien, POJ): hiong-hiám

(Teochew, Peng'im): hiong¹ hiam²

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: xiōngxiǎn
  - Zhuyin: ㄒㄩㄥㄒㄧㄢˇ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: syongsiǎn
  - Wade–Giles: hsiung¹-hsien³
  - Yale: syūng-syǎn
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shiongshean
  - Palladius: сюнсянь (sjunsjanʹ)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɕi̯ʊŋ⁵⁵ ɕi̯ɛn²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: hung¹ him²
  - Yale: hūng hím
  - Cantonese Pinyin: hung¹ him²
  - Guangdong Romanization: hung¹ him²
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /hʊŋ⁵⁵ hiːm³⁵/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hiong-hiám
  - Tâi-lô: hiong-hiám
  - Phofsit Daibuun: hionghiarm
  - IPA (Xiamen): /hiɔŋ⁴⁴⁻²² hiam⁵³/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /hiɔŋ³³ hiam⁵⁵⁴/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /hiɔŋ⁴⁴⁻²² hiam⁵³/
  - IPA (Taipei): /hiɔŋ⁴⁴⁻³³ hiam⁵³/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /hiɔŋ⁴⁴⁻³³ hiam⁴¹/
- (Teochew)
  - Peng'im: hiong¹ hiam²
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: hiong hiám
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /hioŋ³³⁻²³ hiam⁵²/

Adjective

兇險

dangerous; perilous; critical
ruthless and treacherous

Synonyms

(dangerous): 危急 (wēijí), 危險／危险 (wēixiǎn), 險惡／险恶 (xiǎn'è), (Hokkien) 險厄／险厄
(ruthless):

兇惡 / 凶恶 (xiōng'è)
兇殘 / 凶残 (xiōngcán)
兇狠 / 凶狠 (xiōnghěn)
兇猛 / 凶猛 (xiōngměng)
凶暴 (xiōngbào)
厲害 / 厉害 (lìhài)
嚴酷 / 严酷 (yánkù)
強暴 / 强暴 (qiángbào)
忍 (rěn) (literary)
惡勢 / 恶势 (Xiamen Hokkien)
惡毒 / 恶毒 (èdú)
惡狠狠 / 恶狠狠 (èhěnhěn)
慘 / 惨 (cǎn) (literary, or in compounds)
暴力 (bàolì)
暴戾 (bàolì) (literary)
暴虐 (bàonüè)
暴躁 (bàozào)
橫逆 / 横逆 (Xiamen Hokkien, Zhangzhou Hokkien, Taiwanese Hokkien)
殘 / 残 (cán) (literary, or in compounds)
殘忍 / 残忍 (cánrěn)
殘暴 / 残暴 (cánbào)
殘酷 / 残酷 (cánkù)
毒辣 (dúlà)
烏心 / 乌心 (Min Nan)
狠心 (hěnxīn)
狠毒 (hěndú)
狠狠 (hěnhěn)
猙獰 / 狰狞 (zhēngníng)
粗殘 / 粗残 (Xiamen Hokkien)
辣 (là)
酷烈 (kùliè)
野蠻 / 野蛮 (yěmán)
陰功 / 阴功 (jam¹ gung¹) (Cantonese)
險惡 / 险恶 (xiǎn'è)
黑心 (hēixīn)